Wow, thanks erice, great link! Where did you find it?
That sure puts my shabby repairs to shame...
I'm still afraid that putting that much time and effort into my boat could turn out to be a disaster; like what happened to Airborne's boat.

presumably he's on this forum and will say hello, think that site is only a couple of weeks old at most

picked up googling nacra 5.2 as i do every couple of months to see what pops up

If you are worried, get a mirror and a light and check the hulls on the inside. You can get a pretty good idea of the hulls shape that way.

airborne

Airborne. Glad to see your back on this site. Were there any
signs/indications in your boat prior to the hull failure. I have noticed any increase in gel coat cracks in both hulls of my 5.2. No cracks in front of the main beam. mostly inside of rear,each hull.

what's new to me is the keel stringer cracks forward of the bulkhead, no real way to check those without lifting the decks

i'm assuming that gree painted his hulls after removing the decks as it couldn't get them down again as cleanly as he wanted???

i'll probably not go pulling them off my boat as it has been only lightly used, small lake doesn't get much in the way of chop or waves and i'm only ever solo. time will tell

got my 1st look at a getaway the other day when 1 appeared on the lake on a gusty day. not long before it went over, presumably because people were too lazy to get off the armchairs after tacks. ended up with wife and husband on the hulls and kids far upwind waiting for dad to come get them. kids finally kicked there way to the upturned boat and all sat on the hulls until a speedboat took the kids and wife back to shore. then it came back with a righting rope and a kindly laser sailer tipped his boat over and then climbed on the hulls to provide the extra weight to get it back up. hobie bob had been doing his job well. meanwhile i was sailing nearby but couldn't do too much to help as as even on trap the gusts wanted to send me up past 45degrees. when by the time they got back up there were in a new area of the lake so i guided them up the more sheltered narrow island channel to their beach

Airborne:

Do you sail with Fleet 23. Seems they are Hobie only up here?

Doug

I looked at the hulls very close before I had new gel coat put on and there were no spider cracks or cracks of any kind. I think the only way to know for sure is to pull the deck covers off. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

airborne

No I am boatless right now. I am still thinking about what kind I want.

airborne